Huseyin Hilmi Effendi (rah) said, "Kalam-i kibar, kibar-i kalamast." Both
reason and the Sharî’at confirm that he who does favours
should be thanked.
(The words of the superiors are the superior words.),He quoted with tearful eyes the sayings of al-Imam ar-Rabbani Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi (qs) and Syed 'Abdulhakim Arwasi(qs). Imam Rabbani Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi an Naqshbandi-qs-
writes in his famous collection of Letters 'The Maktubat':
May Allâhu ta’âlâ increase your energy and help you! The degree of the thanks is dependent
upon the amount of t
he blessing coming. The greater the
blessing, the greater the necessity to express gratitude. As it is
seen, the rich should be more thankful than the poor,
depending on the degree of wealth. It is for this reason that the
poor ones of this Ummat will go into Paradise five hundred
years before the rich. To thank Allâhu ta’âlâ, it is necessary to have a belief
compatible with what the savants of Ahl as-sunnat taught. For,
it is only this group who will be saved from Hell. After correcting
the belief, it is necessary to act compatibly with the Sharî’at. The Sharî’at should be learned from the books of the mujtahids
of this group. Then the turn comes to tasfiya
and tazkiya on the way shown by great Sunnite men of
tasawwuf. There are great benefits in this third stage of thanks, though
it is not obligatory. But the first two stages are obligatory. For,
these two are the base, the essence of Islam. Islam perfects
and matures an individual by means of the third stage. Everything outside these three stages, which are the belief of
Ahl as-sunnat, the commandments of the Sharî’at, and the way
of great men of tasawwuf, is nothing but sinning, disobedience
and ingratitude, including troublesome mortifications and
vehement struggles. Ancient Indian Brahmins and Greek
philosophers engaged in great acts of mortification. Yet,
because they did not adapt themselves to Prophets
‘alaihimussalâm’, all their practices were sins rather than acts of
thanksgiving to Allâhu ta’âlâ. None of them were accepted. In
the next world they will not be saved from Hell. Then, hold fast
to the way of our Sayyid, of our Master, of our Saviour, of our
Intercessor for the forgiveness of our sins, of our Specialist who
cures our hearts and souls, that is, of our Master Muhammad
Rasûlullah ‘sall-Allâhu alaihi wa ’alâ âlihi wa sallam’, and to the
way of his four Khalîfas! His four Khalîfas ‘ridwânullâhi ta’âlâ
’alaihim ajma’în’ are the guides to the way of salvation, who will
conduct you to happiness. Allâhu ta’âlâ will bless those who
walk on this way. FROM :Se’âdet-i Ebediyye-Endless Bliss-SECOND FASCICLE
SEYH HUSEYIN HILMI ISIK NAQSHBANDI-K.S